Kylie Jenner’s reign as Instagram’s most-followed lady has come to an finish for now. Celeb information fan account PopFaction famous this morning that Selena Gomez, previously the platform’s most-followed lady, surpassed Jenner’s follower depend. Whereas Jenner really nonetheless had a slight benefit this morning at 10 AM EST, Gomez surpassed her because the day progressed.
At 6:25 p.m. EST, Gomez formally led with 380,644,778 followers. Jenner, in the meantime, is shut behind with 380,425,729 followers.
Whereas Gomez has been extra lively on Instagram currently, she spoke with Self-importance purse earlier this month about how she actually solely has TikTok on her telephone. She deleted Instagram years in the past and has her assistant put up content material for her on her web page.
On why she determined to personally distance herself from most social media platforms, Gomez stated, “I by no means bought the possibility to go to an actual highschool. The world was my highschool for the longest time and I began getting inundated with info I did not need. I went via a tough time throughout a breakup and I did not need any of the [feedback]- not essentially concerning the relationship, however the opinions of me vs [someone] in any other case. There can be hundreds of very nice feedback, however my thoughts goes straight to the imply ones.
“Folks can name me ugly or silly and I am like, no matter. However these folks get detailed,” she continued. “They write paragraphs which are so particular and imply. I’d cry always. I had fixed nervousness… I could not do it anymore. It was a waste of my time.”
“The one factor I’ve on my telephone is TikTok as a result of I discover that rather less hostile,” she stated. “There are nice issues about social media: connecting with followers, seeing how completely happy and excited they’re and their tales. However often that’s filtered via [for me now]. I made a system. All the pieces I do I ship to my assistant who posts them. As for feedback, my group will put collectively a number of issues which are encouraging.
Senior information and technique editor
Alyssa Bailey is the senior information and technique editor at ELLE.com, the place she oversees protection of celebrities and royals (most notably Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). She beforehand held positions at In model And Cosmopolitan. When she’s not working, she likes to run round Central Park, have folks take #ootd images of her, and discover New York Metropolis.
